Hayley Bloomingdale and Dada Stileman’s Santa Barbara Wedding

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We worked with Fin Fellowes on our invites, she was the perfect person to help combine my colorful, quirky California ideas with Dada’s more traditional English ones. We used the view from our cocktail hour as the backdrop for the save the dates, and I loved how it turned out. Dada is very creative and artistic, so he drew some initial sketches for our crest, and Fin translated them perfectly. It was great working with someone who was open to working our ideas in with her own visions. I absolutely loved the final result!

Photo: M.K. Sadler

We had a fiesta party on Friday night at the Hotel Californian. It was a perfect location to welcome everyone to Santa Barbara: endless mountain views one way with the ocean, beach, and palm trees the other way. We really got lucky with a perfect sunset, too. And, of course, we had lots of margaritas and Coronas on hand for arrival—two of my favorite drinks!

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I knew I wanted to wear red, and Johanna Ortiz made me my dream fiesta dress. I absolutely loved it! We joked that Dada wanted his own time to wear white, hence, his outfit for our welcome party. I love the way our outfits looked together.

The setting could not have been more perfect. As the sun went down, the lights above twinkled over the taco tables and mariachi band!

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Twinkle lights against the perfect evening sky.

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Our amazing wedding planner, Stefanie Cove, found us this fantastic all-female mariachi band. They were exceptional and had everyone dancing and feeling the fiesta vibe.

I knew I wanted a simple gold band to match the gold on my Jessica McCormack engagement ring, so we headed to Cartier for the chicest classic rings.

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I worked with Wes Gordon and the Carolina Herrera team on my dress, and I absolutely loved the outcome. Wes is a dear friend, and it felt perfect having someone I know and love help me. I loved the easy, classic shape of the dress and the embroidered organza materials. Wes and the team helped make it very me by adding the embroidered details at the top. One of my best friends, Cynthia Cook Smith, is a wedding stylist, and she came with me to my first fittings and talked me into doing a longer train then I would have originally done. I’m so glad she did, I loved the way it looked as I walked down the aisle and in the church on the altar.

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I clearly had a white and red theme going for the weekend! The floral dress is the Brock Collection one I wore to the bridesmaid luncheon we had on Friday at the Coral Casino. I also had some Zimmermann, Rebecca de Ravenel, and Prabal Gurung on hand for the other weekend events.

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The bows on my second dress matched the bows that my little bridesmaids had on their dresses. Tabitha Simmons made me a pair of her custom wedding shoes; I loved them because they had our wedding date sewn into the sole—the perfect something blue!

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My lily of the valley bouquet, a tradition for brides in my family.

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I love this church so much. My brothers and I came to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Montecito with our grandparents when we were little, and it’s always been a special place for me. Stefanie and her team suggested the blue delphinium arch, and I’m so happy we went with it. I loved the way the blues of the flowers looked with the church. They also provided an ideal photo op for our little people in their outfits.

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I always knew that I would go with the English tradition of only having little ones as bridesmaids and pageboys. Children at a wedding are always my favorite part! Here are ours before go time, some slightly more excited than others to get down that aisle!

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Smiling at my dad as we walked down the aisle—about 10 seconds later, he walked right into my train and my veil after depositing me with Dada. Everyone laughed, and it was actually a very fitting start to the ceremony.

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My handsome groom and his best man, Archie Lord, with a grin that I think stayed on his face the entire day!

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I absolutely love this picture; firstly because the altar in the church is so gorgeous, but also because, if you look closely enough, you’ll notice that my hand is in a rather precarious place—a cheeky moment accidentally caught on camera!

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Father Lawrence, who married us, was great in that he let us be very much ourselves during the service. We were so excited; we kept turning to each other and whispering about the day and telling jokes. We were also catching eyes with different family or friends in the crowd and grinning or waving. My brothers kept trying to make me laugh by making weird faces or putting bunny ears on my parents . . . I suppose brothers never stop trying to make you have church giggles . . . even on your wedding day!

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My parents enjoying our wedding mass, each in their own way!

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At one point during the mass, I asked Father Lawrence if it was time for the kiss, and he laughed and said I had to wait a few more minutes . . . then finally, the time had arrived!

Hayley Bloomingdale and Dada Stileman’s Santa Barbara Wedding

We worked with Fin Fellowes on our invites, she was the perfect person to help combine my colorful, quirky California ideas with Dada’s more traditional English ones. We used the view from our cocktail hour as the backdrop for the save the dates, and I loved how it turned out. Dada is very creative and artistic, so he drew some initial sketches for our crest, and Fin translated them perfectly. It was great working with someone who was open to working our ideas in with her own visions. I absolutely loved the final result!